The Search For Deep Throat

In July 2005, the famous source, Deep Throat, who leaked details of President Nixon's Watergate cover-up to the Washington Post, was revealed as assistant FBI director, Mark Felt.

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In July 2005, the identity of one of the most famous informants in American political history was revealed. Deep Throat leaked details of President Nixon's Watergate cover-up to the Washington Post leading eventually to the president's resignation. He was former assistant director at the FBI, Mark Felt. Louise Hidalgo has been talking to the lawyer who helped persuade the elderly Mark Felt to go public after 30 years of silence and speculation.